HC Deb 27 November 1989 vol 162 c93W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the annual import and export statistics for trade between Britain and Iraq and break the figure down between visibles and invisibles for each year since 1979.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 24 November 1989]: Information on the value of invisible trade between the United Kingdom and Iraq is not available. Figures for visible trade are as follows:

£ million
Imports Exports
1979 451 201
1980 556 322
1981 103 624
1982 171 874
1983 96 400
1984 77 343
1985 293 445
1986 250 444
1987 324 272
1988 176 412
19891 63 343
1 To 30 September 1989.

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.